Judge Yuji Iwasawa, President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), delivered a landmark advisory opinion on climate change, setting the stage for significant legal and political shifts globally. In a public session at The Hague’s iconic Peace Palace on July 23, 2025, Judge Iwasawa stated clearly that climate change … [continued]
Some of the biggest oil companies are the target of a wrongful death lawsuit in the State of Washington filed this week.
Climate litigation in the US has been ongoing for well over a decade. Various states, countries, and cities have filed claims against fossil fuel companies, alleging they should be held responsible for the economic harm they have caused. Primarily, the various plaintiffs say that the carbon dioxide released when fossil … [continued]
The Montana legislature is in a frenzy to find a work around for a recent court decision that makes a clean environment a priority.
The Montana Supreme Court has ruled in favor of young people who sued to enforce provisions of the state constitution.
Big Oil spends a lot of time fighting lawsuits, as dozens of cities and states over the last decade have sued these major climate polluters. Claimants want to hold fossil fuel producers accountable for their role in causing the climate crisis. Companies like Exxon and Chevron, the applicants argue, knowingly … [continued]
Puerto Rico has joined many others in suing fossil fuel companies for the damage they caused by knowingly selling climate altering products.
Yesterday marked one year since the precedent-setting court ruling in the Netherlands, which ordered Shell to cut its activities’ carbon emissions by 45 percent compared to 2019 levels to align with the Paris climate agreement. The ruling was a landmark for climate litigation, demonstrating the potential power of the courts to help … [continued]
History was made in Hawaii recently when a state judge ruled that a lawsuit seeking damages from major oil and gas companies for their climate disinformation campaigns can move forward in state court. The ruling sets an important precedent that the fossil fuel industry has been fighting to prevent in similar cases across the … [continued]
By Elliott Negin Four years ago, Boulder, Colorado, sued ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy — owner of the only oil refinery in the state — for climate change-related damages and adaptation expenses. Boulder and its co-plaintiffs, Boulder County and San Miguel County, home to Telluride, estimated the damage caused by extreme weather events … [continued]
